Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
The Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel is a luxury hotel in the City of Beverly Hills, California. It is the only hotel located on Rodeo Drive, the main shopping street in Beverly Hills.
Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel | |
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General information | |
Location | Beverly Hills, California |
Address | 360 North Rodeo Drive |
Coordinates | 34.06899°N 118.40239°W |
Opening | 1993 |
Owner | Efrem Harkham |
Management | Luxe Hotels |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 88 |
Website | |
http://www.luxehotels.com/rodeodrive |
Location
The hotel is located at 360 North Rodeo Drive, the main street of the City of Beverly Hills, between Brighton Way and Dayton Way.[1]
History
The hotel was established in 1993 by Efrem Harkham as part of Luxe Hotels, an entity of three hotels in Los Angeles County.[2] It has 88 rooms, designed by Vicente Wolf, a Cuban-born interior designer from New York City.[1] The hotel is home to a restaurant called On Rodeo Bistro & Lounge.[3][4] The chef is David Padilla.[4]
The hotel hosts many philanthropic events. For example, the annual Apple Ball for the Beverly Hills Education Foundation takes place there.[5] Moreover, the hotel partnered with the Guittard Chocolate Company to create a cake in the shape of the Beverly Hills City Hall for the centennial block party, which took place on April 27, 2014.[6]
On December 1, 2014, Beverly Hills Police Department officers fired gunshots in the hotel lobby at a suspect shortly after a robbery at the Bank of America branch on Beverly Drive.[7][8][9][10] As a result, traffic on Rodeo Drive was shut down for the rest of the day.[11]
The hotel has been home to a monthly art exhibit since March 2015.[12] The first exhibit featured Karen Lee Fisher, an artist from Beverly Hills.[12]
Awards
It was the recipient of the Beverly Hills 2013 Golden Palm for community service.[6] A year later, it was the recipient of an AAA Four-Diamond rating.[13]
References
- Love Beverly Hills: Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
- Laura Coleman, Luxe Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary; A Real Estate Venture That Went Global, The Beverly Hills Courier
- Rodeo Drive: Restaurants Archived 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Time Out: On Rodeo at Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel
- Keith Loria, Efrem Harkham: The Luxe Factor Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, C-Suite Quarterly, Q4 2013
- Luxe Rodeo Drive Hotel Partners with Guittard Chocolate Company to Create Centerpiece for Beverly Hills Centennial Block Party on Rodeo Drive, Reuters,
- Beverly Hills Police, Paramedics At Luxe Rodeo Hotel After Gun Shots Fired In Lobby, The Beverly Hills Courier, December 1, 2014
- Aaron Couch, Erik Hayden, Beverly Hills Shooting, Bank Robbery Shut Down Rodeo Drive, The Hollywood Reporter, December 01, 2014
- The Associated Press, Beverly Hills police wound bank robbery suspect Archived 2014-12-02 at Archive.today, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, December 1, 2014
- Kelly Taylor, Beverly Hills Police Shoot Bank Robbery Suspect Inside Rodeo Drive Hotel Archived 2014-12-13 at the Wayback Machine, Fox LA, December 02, 2014
- Jill Stewart, Beverly Hills Shooting Shuts Down Rodeo Drive at Height of Shopping Crush, LA Weekly, December 1, 2014
- Laura Coleman, 'Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive Debuts Monthly Art Exhibit With Local Artist Karen Lee Fisher', The Beverly Hills Courier, March 13, 2015, p. 5
- Victoria Talbot, Luxe Rodeo Drive Receives AAA Four Diamond Rating, The Beverly Hills Courier, July 3, 2014